The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-10-21
OREGON NEWS.
Everything Of General Interest In q
Condensed Form

Baker City has 800 population.
The Odd Fellows Of Salem have In
stituted an eneampnent at Dallas.
The postofflce at Mount Pleasant,
Linn county, has been discontinued.
An effort Is being made TO organize
fire company ats Burns, Grant
county.
/ James Riley has been appointed
postmaster at Coburg, and John b.
Scott ut Moro.
Jacob Johnson, OF Clackamas station,
claims TO have found on. his farm q
vein OF hard coal.
The general fund OF the State Is ex-
hausted, and the Salem banks are
cashing warrants.
The corn crop in Jackson county is
considered of an excellent quality. and
large yield is anticipated.
A new postofIice has been established
at Weshawin, Tillamook county, with
Sarah PegtAs as postmaster.
| The Order OF Pocohantas, side de-
gree OF the Redmen, for ladies, ha
been organized at jacksonville.
Shed Glenn aceidently shot and
killsd himself at the military read
camp near Vale, Malheur county.
John Eggers killed California lion
in the mountains near Callahan's mill.
Douglas county, that weighed about
200 pounds.
Il is estimated that fully 100000
| buaheis OF wheat ia stored in PendIe-
ton warehouses waiting for an inn
provement of the market.
Edward Perry. q sailor belonging 20
the ship Merom, jumped into the river
at Astoria 10 show bystanders how he
could swim, and was drowned
A Building and Loan Association
has been organized at La Grande. The
capital stock il 100000, divided into
900 shares Of par value OF 5000 each.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has
appointed Frank Carlson assistant
| lighthouse keeper OF the station at Cape
Arago. Oregon. vice Thomas Brown,
removal.
The proposed new railroad line from
Forest Grove 10 Astoria will tap what
Is admitted 10 be the finest body of fir
Il -
says an exchange.
VIM. Dillon, who murdered Charles
Mancient in Portland saloon, has
been found guilty OF murder In the
second degree and sentenced TO the
penitentiary for life.
Mrs. Henry Warner, OF Kellogg,
Douglas county, had the thumb OF the
left hand torn of by horse she was
leading with rope around her hand,
suddenly jumping to one side.
Hugo Frederick, q hand at Allen
Perkins sawmili, Oneatts, was caught
by belt and carried over the fywheel
and crushed to death. He was 55I
years OF age, and leaves wife and
seven children.
There are sixty-one persons in Jack
SON county receiving pensions, and the
amount paid 10 them for the quarter
ending June 3, 1887, was 81 oil. Total
paid in the state for the same quarter
was SIS. .698 25.
MARBLE, the convicted murderer OF
Corker, having been resentenced 90
death By Judge Boise, the warrant OF
execution has been caused by him to
read November IL, upon which date
MARBLE will suffer the full penalty OF
the law.
At the annual meeting of the Ash
land Stock Protective Association, the
following officers were elected for the
current year: President, Philander
Powell; vice president, @. B. Kings
bury; secretary and treasurer, d. g.
Spencer.
A Silverton paper SAYS that sweet
pot atoes exhibited at the Butte fair
made such good showing in size and
flavor that the farmers who have
sandy bottom soil feel that they can be
profitably raised in this state, and next
year there will probably be quite q
large yield OF that excellent spud.
The disease called -bIackleg, 30 fatal
TO cattle, has made It's appearance near
Baker City, aDd several head have died
from its effects Mr.. L. B. Baker lost
six head, Mr.. John Payton several, and
so on with other cattle owners The
disease attacks principally the young
fat cattle, the older ones escaping gem
orally.
4 III. @. Matney died at his home on
Matney fat, near Arlington. The
cause of his death was the result OF an
accident which befell him while he
was hauling wood few days before he
died. His horses had baked on a
grade, and in getting them started he
fell under the brake-block under the
! wagon as it was moving.
} The Douglas County Fruit Growers
Association met at the court house at
Roseburg, and permanent organiza-
tion was made by electing the follow
ing named officers: g. w. Riddle,
president; H. Adams, vice president
VIM. G. Winston, secretary; j. Fisher,
treasurer; w. V. Johnson, A. ]. Bel
lows and F. Ward, directors.
/ Mr.. Ramsey, who was digging well
at Moro, Wasco county, met with a
serious accident which will probably
cost him his life. He had to use pow
der in digging the WE'LL He says that
the fuse he used in the blast was very
! hard, and that he broke the same
'. instead of cutting it. Thinking. Al
the blast did not explode, that the out
side end OF the fuse had been lit, instead
of the blast end, he went to the vel
to look down. As he did so the BIAS
exploded, and a piece of rock about
the size of hens egg, stralck him JUS
. at the base of the nose. The rock wa,
! buried its full depth, forcing the lef
: eye ou. of its socket, and bursting tn.
bali.